Vol. 6 No. 8 (2019): Extensión: un abordaje desde la gestión y las políticas universitarias

In this edition of E+E we attempt to approach a generally neglected aspect - at least in reflective terms - of extensionist activity. We understand that the management is crossed by several conditions: a first and fundamental characteristic alludes to the fact of being marked by the political processes of the institutions. In this sense, it is affected by various situations that are particularized. To take into consideration only a few we can mention the "times of management", understood in terms of periods or lapses for the exercise of the mandate. This fact, by giving it its end date from the beginning, requires a careful study and prioritization of the tasks to be undertaken, knowing that the years in which this function will be developed will allow only a few projects to be carried out. Simultaneously, the "times of management" can be read from the vertigo of participation in cabinet spaces (faculties, central areas, etc.) strongly crossed by the need for permanent updating of political readings in terms of actors, powers and conflicts that complicate (and compete with) the time that is "dedicated to management".In this sense, we understand that extension, more precisely its management, goes beyond the bureaucratic-administrative contours that undoubtedly cross it and that it is defined as a political doing that has high creative and institutional potentials that need to be thought about.